Can anyone suggest A good starter book for building beams and omni antennas.I know there are alot of books to choose from. Iam just looking to save some time and money Right now. Iam running on 2 meter's and I would like to build a beam.But I do want to expand to 6 meter and 440 and then on to the HF fun stuff. I realize all that stuff couldent be in just one book so if any one could suggest a few good starter books for me that would be great! 73kd7zfh

If you will send me your email address, I'll send you a Tech Document that I wrote on how to build VHF Quads. This will greatly simplify how to build a quad, without all the Qs, Zs, and other confussing stuff. You can build from 2 elements to almost any amount of elements. If you have never used a quad, you will be suprised how well they work. I run a 2 meter 10 element quad and a 6 meter 8 element quad at my QTH. I will be glad to help you, if you have any questions. email: r.fickle@verizon.net KC9AWS

I started building antennas back in 1975 for 11 Meters (before I was a Ham). A fellow CB'er of my had given me a copy of the ARRL Handbook. This book contains a wealth of information not only on building different types of antenna's for all bands from vlf through ehf... but also construction, radio wave propagation, transmission lines, etc.

I have continued to upgrade my ARRL handbook not because I like the ARRL... but because it is an excellent book.

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